Supreme Court Grants Appeal on Whether Penalties Can Be Assessed In Workers' Compensation Security Fund Case

In Constructo Temps and Workers' Compensation Security Fund v. WCAB (Tennant), the Commonwealth Court held the Workers' Compensation Security Fund and the Employer are not responsible for penalties according to the provisions of the Act. The Supreme Court has granted the Claimant's petition for allowance of appeal. The Claimant framed the issues as:

(1) Whether an order prohibiting the assessment of penalties against the
Workers’ Compensation Security Fund for its failure to pay reasonable
and necessary medical expenses incurred by the claimant violated the
humanitarian purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act?

(2) Whether an employer may be assessed a penalty for its failure to pay
reasonable and necessary medical expenses incurred by the claimant
where the penalties imposed resulted from the conduct of the
Workers’ Compensation Security Fund?